2009 German-American Frontiers of Engineering Symposium

TWELFTH ANNUAL GERMAN-AMERICAN FRONTIERS OF ENGINEERING SYMPOSIUM

Co-chairs:
Tresa Pollock, University of Michigan
Kai Sundmacher, Max-Planck-Institute


Complex Systems Design and Controls

Organizers: Silvia Ferrari, Duke University, and Sebastian Sager, University of Heidelberg

Aerospace Control Systems, Autonomous Vehicles, Mobile Robotics
Emilio Frazzoli, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Discrete Optimization - Past and Present
Armin Fügenschuh, Technical University, Darmstadt

Learning and Adaptive Systems, Neural Networks, Brain-Machine Interface
Jennie Si, Arizona State University

Complex Systems in the Chemical Process Industry
Jan Oldenburg, BASF, Ludwigshafen


Renewable Energy

Organizers: Ulrike Krewer, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, and Sean Shaheen, University of Denver

Microbial Fuel Cells
Uwe Schröder, University of Greifswald, Institute of Biochemistry

High Temperature Processes for Solar Conversion of Mass
Martin Roeb, German Aerospace Center, Institute of Technical Thermodynamics

Materials Development and Device Engineering for Organic Photovoltaics
Darin Laird, Plextronics (invited)

Microbial Production of Advanced Biofuels
Peter Meinhold, Gevo


Biosystems Engineering

Organizers: Melissa Knothe Tate, Case Western Reserve University, and An-Ping Zeng, Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg

Towards Superior Cell Factories - Analysis and Engineering of Metabolic Pathway Fluxes in Bacteria
Christoph Wittmann, Technical University of Braunschweig, Institute of Biochemical Engineering

Design Principles and Technological Applications of Receptor-Mediated Adhesion
Wendy Thomas, University of Washington

Design Principles of Biological Motility at Multiple Length Scales
Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan, Harvard University

Industrial Systems Biology for Amino Acid Production
Ralf Takors, Evonik Degussa GmbH, Künsebeck, Germany


Materials for Extreme Environments

Organizers: Eric Ott, GE Aviation, and Anke Rita Pyzalla, Max Planck Institute

Metallics/Coatings for Advanced Turbine Systems
Andrew Rosenberger, Air Force Research Laboratory

Ceramic and Metallic Materials for Rocket and Energy Systems
Bryan McEnerney, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, Inc.

Polymers for Biomedical Application
Andreas Lendlein, GKSS

Topic TBA
Andre Schneider, Bentele Stahl/Rohr GmbH, Paderborn

 

April 22, 2009 – April 25, 2009
Potsdam, Germany